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West Australia’s first 100MW solar farm starts sending power to the grid
The first 100MW solar farm in Western Australia begins sending power to the grid.
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Tesla community battery installed in Margaret River in “unique” W.A. trial
Western Power installs W.A.’s 13th community battery, but in this case on the customer connection side as part of a unique five-year trial with the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.
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Western Power taps Schneider for new ‘flexibility’ platform using solar and storage
Western Power to pilot new energy management platform for 'flexibility services', boosting renewables penetration and supporting network strength.
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Nearly 95,000 customers lose power over cascading gas generator failures
Nearly 95,000 customers lost power, some for up to four hours, when a gas power station tripped and caused a cascade of failures at other gas units. Who knew?
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Tesla community battery installed in Busselton, Western Australia
A fifth PowerBank battery installed by W.A. to help balance the state's grid, allow more customers to install solar, and offer a "community" storage option to local solar homes.
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Rooftop solar reshapes W.A. grid, and retiring coal units won’t be missed
Latest 10-year forecast for W.A. grid highlights massive changes ahead as rooftop solar entrenches position as dominant technology, while the closure of two more coal units will not be...
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Western Power installs Tesla community battery in W.A. Goldfields region
Western Power installs first of 10 grid-connected PowerBank "community batteries" in Kalgoorlie-Bolder to support uptake of more solar and help smooth the grid.
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Western Power names Ed Kalajzic as new CEO
Ed Kalajzic takes helm at Western Power as the DNSP looks to shift parts of its sprawling poles and wires network to solar and battery storage stand-alone power systems.
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W.A. paves way for more stand-alone power systems, and distributed batteries
Western Australia government paves way for more renewable-based stand-alone power systems and distributed storage – and for competition in the networks.
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W.A. adds more Tesla “community batteries” to shared storage trial
Synergy and Western Power extend "shared storage" trial to two more W.A. suburbs, after initial Tesla community battery install proves a huge success.
